Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RosiresMBB_DISSERT.pdf: 4842010 bytes, checksum: 6881e449282f7203659a5bf5c828b31b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-31 / Dengue is currently considered one of the most relevant public health problems worldwide. Studies indicate the surroundings of the houses as the preferred sites for the proliferation of Aedes aegypti. The residential areas are privileged environments for human development and contribute to the formation of the individual s identity and for the establishment of affective, social and cultural bonds. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible links between psychological indicators of pro-environmentalism and conservation status of residential backyards. Data collection was performed in 147 homes and methodological strategy involved the use of interview, the Scale of Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Environmentalism, Scale of Consideration of Future Consequences and a tool for environmental evaluation. It was found that the participants expressed as environmental practices the garbage recycling, besides they had the knowledge of how the transmission of dengue occurs. These residents showed ecofriendly motivated commitment: pro-environmentalist ecocentric and anthropocentric. In evaluating the backyard it was verified that the conservation conditions, in almost half of the homes, appeared as carelessness on the part of residents and those conditions are conducive to the proliferation of Aedes aegypti. The pro-environmentalists and guidance for the future identified by the scales were not associated with the conservation status of the backyards. However, it was found that the trends of reduction and stability of infestation levels are associated with self-reported environmental care. These results can contribute to the discussion and design of new mosquito control actions and practices of education and health information among the population / O dengue ? considerado, atualmente, um dos principais problemas de sa?de p?blica no mundo. Os estudos realizados apontam o entorno das moradias como locais preferenciais para a prolifera??o do Aedes aegypti. Os ambientes residenciais s?o ambientes privilegiados para o desenvolvimento humano e contribuem para a forma??o da identidade do indiv?duo e para o estabelecimento de v?nculos afetivos, sociais e culturais. O prop?sito deste estudo foi investigar poss?veis rela??es entre os indicadores psicol?gicos de pr?-ambientalidade e o estado de conserva??o dos quintais residenciais. A coleta de dados foi realizada em 147 resid?ncias e a estrat?gia metodol?gica envolveu a utiliza??o de entrevista, da Escala de Ambientalismo Ecoc?ntrico e Antropoc?ntrico, da Escala de Considera??o de Consequ?ncias Futuras e de um instrumento de avalia??o ambiental. Verificou-se que os participantes expressaram como pr?tica de cuidado ambiental a reciclagem do lixo, al?m de conhecerem a forma de transmiss?o do dengue. Esses moradores apresentaram compromisso pr?-ecol?gico motivado, duplamente, por pr?-ambientalidades ecoc?ntrica e antropoc?ntrica. Na avalia??o dos quintais foi verificada que as condi??es de conserva??o, em quase metade das moradias, se configuravam como descuido por parte dos moradores e essas condi??es s?o prop?cias para a prolifera??o do Aedes aegypti. As pr?-ambientalidades e a orienta??o de futuro identificadas pelas escalas n?o foram associadas ao estado de conserva??o dos quintais. Entretanto, foi verificado que as tend?ncias de redu??o e estabilidade dos ?ndices de infesta??o est?o associadas ao autorrelato de cuidado ambiental. Os resultados encontrados podem contribuir para a discuss?o e delineamento de novas a??es de controle do mosquito e pr?ticas de educa??o e informa??o em sa?de junto ? popula??o